Top 100 Scientists

World Top 100 Scientists 2025

Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, ASEAN, EECA, and BRICS based on total H-index scores without any breakdown by subject areas. Top 100 rankings in the world, in a continent, or a region include standardized subjects areas of Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law/Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (870,053 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dhavan Shah
Political Communication
Online Communities
Health Technology
Computational Social Science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
84
176
27,634
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Xenos
political communication
digital media
political comedy
deliberation
emerging technologies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
52
102
11,911
Jon Pevehouse
international Relations
International Political Economy
International Security
Foreign Policy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
40
67
12,094
Hernando Rojas
Political communication
public opinion
international communication
comunicación política
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
39
68
6,732
Susan Yackee
rulemaking
interest groups
bureaucracy
policymaking
political science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
36
3,834
Michael W Wagner
political communication
public opinion
political psychology
parties
biology and politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
36
1,964

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Jenna M Loyd
Feminist Geography
Critical Race Theories
State Violence
Health Politics
Migration Detention
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
28
3,597
Mrill Ingram
Political Ecology
STS
Urban Ecological Restoration
Art-Science
Animal Geographies
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
23
2,533
Rikhil R Bhavnani
comparative politics
political economy
development
representation
South Asia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
16
17
3,315
Jenell Johnson
rhetoric of science and medicine
science and technology studies
public engagement with science
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
13
15
747
Daniel J Kapust
Machiavelli
Roman Political Thought
History of Political Thought
Cicero
Hobbes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
14
595
Eleanor Neff Powell
American Politics
Congress
Political Parties
Money in Politics
Legislatures
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
11
1,389
Jérémie Langlois
Comparative Politics
Middle East & North Africa
Revolutions
Regimes
Governance
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
6
Valeria Umanets
women’s representation
political parties
post-Communist states
Russian politics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
0
5
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dhavan Shah
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
84
176
27,634
Political Communication
Online Communities
Health Technology
Computational Social Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael Xenos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
52
102
11,911
political communication
digital media
political comedy
deliberation
emerging technologies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Aili Mari Tripp
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
45
83
9,839
African politics
gender/women and politics
comparative politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jon Pevehouse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
67
12,094
international Relations
International Political Economy
International Security
Foreign Policy
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Barry C Burden
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
69
6,901
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hernando Rojas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
39
68
6,732
Political communication
public opinion
international communication
comunicación política
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John F Witte
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
37
73
6,550
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Scott Straus
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
49
7,430
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Susan Yackee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
36
3,834
rulemaking
interest groups
bureaucracy
policymaking
political science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael W Wagner
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
36
1,964
political communication
public opinion
political psychology
parties
biology and politics

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jenna M Loyd
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
28
3,597
Feminist Geography
Critical Race Theories
State Violence
Health Politics
Migration Detention
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Andrew Kydd
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
31
7,118
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Young Mie Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
29
5,599
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
David Canon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
36
3,438
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Michael Schatzberg
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
28
2,530
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mrill Ingram
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
23
2,533
Political Ecology
STS
Urban Ecological Restoration
Art-Science
Animal Geographies
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mark Copelovitch
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
17
2,220
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rikhil R Bhavnani
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
17
3,315
comparative politics
political economy
development
representation
South Asia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Yoshiko M Herrera
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
21
3,204
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jessica Weeks
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
19
4,023
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jenell Johnson
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
747
rhetoric of science and medicine
science and technology studies
public engagement with science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Alexander Tahk
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
904
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Daniel J Kapust
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
595
Machiavelli
Roman Political Thought
History of Political Thought
Cicero
Hobbes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Eleanor Neff Powell
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
1,389
American Politics
Congress
Political Parties
Money in Politics
Legislatures
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
John Zumbrunnen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
367
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Jingyuan Qian
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
3
73
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Isabel Mcmullen
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
1
38
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Shaan Amin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
16
Indonesia
identity politics
political economy
social movements
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jess Esplin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
1
16
American Politics
Electoral Systems
Electoral Reform
State Politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
X Xunchao Zhang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
7
Political Science
International Relations
Political Psychology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Rebecca Laurent
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
10
Political Ecology
Energy Humanities
Social Movements
Political Science
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Jérémie Langlois
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
6
Comparative Politics
Middle East & North Africa
Revolutions
Regimes
Governance
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Valeria Umanets
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
women’s representation
political parties
post-Communist states
Russian politics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Xinzhi Zhao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
5
political theory
history of political thought
political philosophy